ted_reshetiloff
Contributing Partner
I am having a very hard time reconciling the 160kt winds reported on the TV news and the actual bouy observations from NOAA. If I go here:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42056
I see the max gust at 2250 gmt as 58.3 kts, At that same time the weather channel is reporting the hurricane to be located just 1.7 miles from this buoy. I compared lat lon of the buoy with lat lon of the hurricane.
I have done this several times for several hurricanes in several locations. Tried to substantiate these claims of 100-150 kt winds with actual observations from NOAA sites. I have never found one that was even close. I look at a 24 hour history of wind gusts and never see anything even approaching the numbers the guys on TV say. Any weather experts out there want to show me where I can see that it actually blew 150kts someplace in the Caribbean during this storm or any other?
I'm not saying these storms are anything to mess with and don't want to trivialize their power but I feel like I am being fed a bunch of crap by the weather jocks looking to sensationalize story.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42056
I see the max gust at 2250 gmt as 58.3 kts, At that same time the weather channel is reporting the hurricane to be located just 1.7 miles from this buoy. I compared lat lon of the buoy with lat lon of the hurricane.
I have done this several times for several hurricanes in several locations. Tried to substantiate these claims of 100-150 kt winds with actual observations from NOAA sites. I have never found one that was even close. I look at a 24 hour history of wind gusts and never see anything even approaching the numbers the guys on TV say. Any weather experts out there want to show me where I can see that it actually blew 150kts someplace in the Caribbean during this storm or any other?
I'm not saying these storms are anything to mess with and don't want to trivialize their power but I feel like I am being fed a bunch of crap by the weather jocks looking to sensationalize story.